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White House Lets Private Firms Hack Cybercriminals—At Their Own Legal Risk

White House Lets Private Firms Hack Cybercriminals—At Their Own Legal RiskWorldPing

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday that lets vetted U.S. companies carry out offensive cyber operations against foreign criminal networks. Here's what the program actually authorizes.

This is a short WorldPing brief. The full report was published by Decrypt.

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Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Bitcoin.com